diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 9c3d47c..b104254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
                   git config --local user.email "baton-noreply@technologybrewery.org"
                   git config --local user.name "Github Actions"
                   echo "This is a test file." > test.txt
-                  mvn scm:checkin -Dmessage="Committing test file"
+                  mvn scm:checkin -Dmessage="Committing test file" -Dincludes=test.txt
                   
               env:
                   MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_CENTRAL_REPO_TOKEN_USER }}